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Definition of: bryozoan
(brī′ə·zō′ən) noun Zool.
One of a phylum or class (Bryozoa) of small aquatic animals which generate by budding, usually found in permanent colonies: of delicately branched or mosslike formation, or else of flat, crustlike growth. [<Gk. bryon moss + zōon organism]
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